La La Land starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling is the highly anticipated movie musical of the 2016 holiday season. It is the story of Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress, and Sebastian, a dedicated Jazz musician struggling to make ends meet while pursuing their dreams in a city known for destroying hopes and breaking hearts. With modern day Los Angeles as the backdrop, this musical about everyday life explores what is more important: a once-in-a-lifetime love or the spotlight.
According director David Chazelle the idea was to take the old musical style and ground it in real life where things don't always work out. However, at the same time he wanted to pay tribute to the ones who dream as foolish as they may seem.
On top of this, the film was shot in CinemaScope. CinemaScope is a lens system that was primarily used to film widescreen movies from 1953 to 1967. Chazelle additionally tried to film most of the scenes in single takes to pays tribute to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. This project pays homage to the musicals of Hollywood's golden age such as Singing in the Rain, The Band Wagon and 1950's movie musicals in general. The result of all of these creative choices is a movie that has contemporary characters and themes while having the atmosphere of a musical from Hollywood’s golden age. As someone who loves the old movie musicals, I have been waiting for this movie ever since I stumbled across it a few years ago while I was going through different movie blogs on a lazy Saturday and I can’t wait to see it. What are your thoughts about the new connection to the past?
Fun Fact: Emma Watson and Miles Teller were originally set to star in the project until Teller dropped and Watson left to star in the new live action Beauty and the Beast. Personally, I couldn't imagine anyone other than Stone and Gosling in the roles. Who would you've liked to see in the roles?
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